Bill Text: IL HR0222 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urges the Department of Labor to issue revised posting requirements that clearly and unambiguously inform employers and employees of the legal prohibition on retaliation or firing of any employee who discloses the existence of a current or former domestic partner that represents a threat of workplace violence.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HR0222 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HR0222-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Violence in the workplace stemming from a domestic
partner of an employee is disturbing and costly; and
WHEREAS, The unfortunate reality for many victims of
domestic abuse that manage to leave their abuser is that they
are still able to be tracked down at their place of employment;
and
WHEREAS, Data on domestic violence shows that during the
few months after a breakup the potential victim is at the
greatest risk of suffering from an act of violence from a
former partner; and
WHEREAS, Employees need reasonable accommodations from
their employers in order to minimize the risk to the employee
from a former domestic partner as well as the risk of violence
to other employees; and
WHEREAS, Many employers have well-developed security plans
in place to protect employees from risks, including the risk of
a domestic partner entering the workplace with an intent to
inflict violence; and
WHEREAS, A dangerous communications gap often exists in

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which the employee who is aware of the danger from a former
domestic partner does not share this information with the
employer because he or she does not want to face retaliation
from the employer; and
WHEREAS, Current State law protects employees from
employer retaliation due to disclosing a potential risk of
workplace violence from a current or former domestic partner;
and
WHEREAS, This statutory protection is not widely known or
understood; and
WHEREAS, The Department of Labor currently has statutory
authority to issue a posting requirement to inform employees
and employers of this statutory right to disclose the existence
of a risk of workplace violence without retaliation of any kind
pursuant to 820 ILCS 180, but to date has not chosen to issue a
posting requirement with that language; and
WHEREAS, If the Department of Labor were to issue a revised
posting requirement with clear language that informs employers
and employees of the right to disclose the risk of workplace
violence due to a current or former domestic partner without
any retaliation, more employees would likely disclose to their
employers the risk they are facing and more employers could

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take necessary precautions to protect their employees from the
risk of violence; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
urge the Department of Labor to issue revised posting
requirements that clearly and unambiguously inform employers
and employees of the legal prohibition on retaliation or firing
of any employee who discloses the existence of a current or
former domestic partner that represents a threat of workplace
violence in order to help save lives; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
delivered to the Department of Labor Acting Director Anna Hui.